Question About my new BP

Im wondering why when i hold him why he will sometimes press the bottom of his mouth on my skin and open his mouth a little? Never bit me tho.

All of mine love to rub their lower jaw on my hands and in the grooves of my fingers, None of them open their mouths noticeably, Are you sure he ain't just draggin on your skin hard enough that it just pulls it open.

is he breathing through his mouth? could have a respiratory infection. listen for any noises when he breathes

Well. First of all. They don't have hands. Mine do this too. Well the ones who are not head shy that is. It must feel good to scratch the chin.

Could be the little animal wants a place to help him shed his skin and may need a bit more humidity to help the process get started. Perhaps offer a "humidity box".

so that has sumthing to do with humidity?

I'm not sure your snake's behavior has to do with humidity, but it could. Do you have a hygrometer to tell the humidity level in your terrarium? Ideal range I believe is 50-60% humidity. And offering a plastic hide box (in a warm area of the cage temp in box temp ~ 80-85) with damp moss or paper towels would make a good humidity box... just a thought.

Mine do the same thing...just not with the mouth open. I tend to agree with the other post. He could just like it a little harder...:rolleyes:...I cannot believe I just said that...lol

I have a baby that hates us still...very fiesty...but get a hold of under the chin and she is mesmorized.

I believe he is resetting his jaw. After feeding, sometimes for no reason at all they will present a yawn, when in actuality they are opening their mouth to reset jaw position since there jaw does not have a true joint. It is not held together bone to bone with ligaments like ours. Make sense? It may be a little off and the yawn or open wide process allows the muscles etc to reset it to nuetral.

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

is he breathing through his mouth? could have a respiratory infection. listen for any noises when he breathes

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i aggree. and watch more nose bubbles. and where did you get him some places like llllreptiles have a big respiratory out break. ever snake i have got from that place has had upper resp. just saying.